Roy, I roll with Waterman's sunblock products, but I have heard that saturating one's beard & orange surf helmet with urine works wonders as a melanoma preventative measure. You'd be able to comment on that, wouldn't you?
I used Bullfrog 30 for m face last summer. Doesnt drip into my eyes and sting like so many others have. Just sunbathing or beach running... Coppertone 50 sweatproof has worked really well. Remember to use it on your scalp as well. We dont think about it but the top of our head gets beat without knowing it.
"Once the bees have left the earth, man will have four years left on the planet." Albert Einstein. I always thought it was pesticides and Monsanto. But it's fuggin Roy!?!?! Dang you to heck Roy! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/s...role-in-bees-decline-2-studies-find.html?_r=0
I usually forget before a surf. the surf has sucked the past couple of years. if I see waves, I'm like a little kid at Christmas. I'm lucky if I remember to put a suit on.
http://www.ewg.org/2012sunscreen/ You can find a lot of good info at this single space. My personal feeling is that while none of us like dousing ourselves with Chemicals, we face the choice of accepting sunblock or getting wickedly burned. Not all of us have the tanning abilities of Slater or the Wonderful Wizard or Roy. Sadly, Watermans doesn't appear on this website...
Oh lighten up Francis. You can lower the peace out stuff, eh, you're not exactly Gandhi yourself. You post some good stuff & you post some yah yah. Just like everyone else. You don't need my approval & I don't need yours. Feel free to read my posts, you'll see plenty of positivity as well as the ripostes of certain others. Have a good surf, sparky.
Nah man, I recall a rather heartwarming post by my pal Yankee recently where dudes were teaching handicap kids how to surf and such...Roy on the other hand, trolling the bombing thread, no class. Well I didn't wear sunscreen today, and now I look like a freshly shaven racoon.
Gracias, senor, for the voice of reason. I don't like wearing sunscreen, and not because I think it will melt my nano particles. Because a very close friend of mine is a derm doc (and who never surfs without block) & she has wayyyy too many tales (like, daily) of cutting out cancers caused by sun exposure. And then there's the very healthy patients who die, and die very quickly, from melanoma. BTW, she doesn't have any tales of cutting out cancers from putting on sunblock. I'm sensing a connection there. So, I do slather the stuff on, and it's so expensive esp Waterman's as Koki has pointed out. One reason I like wetsuits? Less sunblock getting all over everything. Have a good night.
When i'm trying to save some money I go with Coppertone Stick 55 on my face and Coppertone lotion 30-50 on the rest. I also have a bottle of Waterman's 55 that I use sparingly, as it's more expensive, but i've found it to be the most effective, and it doesn't run in your eyes at all.
One of the most common places for skin cancer is on the head (face, ears, eyelids etc). I have always been good at wearing screen, but always tried to avoid getting it in my eyes. Had a mole under my eye, right on lower eyelid where the smile lines are, that I didn't remember having, went to the doc and was basal cell carcinoma. Got it removed and the scar is fading slowly, but I'm only 31. Needless to say I will be changing my sunblocking regimen. The surgeon recommended blocks with zinc or titanium, also going to wear long sleeve rashguards from now on, getting all parts around eyes, etc, and possibly wearing a hat in the water, especially when in the tropics.
Bull Frog surfers gel (orange cap) is the best. Like wearing a flannel shirt. I only use the Bull Frog spray on the noggin.
Like others have said, Oxybenzone and other chemicals that are common in most sunscreens are bad. Check this database for the best and worst sunscreens in terms of chemicals: http://www.ewg.org/2012sunscreen/ You can search for specific sunscreens or just browse the best ones. I always use something with Zinc Oxide or Titanium in it. Instead of creating a chemical barrier to block UV rays, it creates a physical barrier which is why it is harder to rub in and be absorbed by your skin. I usually use CVS brand Zinc Oxide SPF 45. It's cheap, easy to find, and works great without all that crap in it.
Watermans.....or you can end up like me, 60 years on the beach, life guard, surfer, paddleboarder, sup, diver,.. with over 10 procedures ,..my generation bet on iodine and baby oil, and lost. Aloha, Randy
that coppertone sport stick spf50 stuff is clutch for your face. i have like 4 sticks of it strategically placed so im never without one before a surf. i hate burning my nose
Totally incorrect!!! Melanoma is a Skin Cancer which is formed on the Dermis them progresses downward into the epidermis where it can then spread to other parts of your body. I've had a wide excission with a sentinal node procedure because of Melanoma. If the problem is caught in the dermis it's an easy treatment but if at or past the dermis/epidermis junction it becomes a major surgery because of the amount of tissue that needs to be removed.
